testone

English

Etymology

From Portuguese tostão, ulimately from Italian testone (“big head”).

Noun

testone (plural testones)

1. An ancient subunit of a Portuguese cruzado.

Anagrams

• Steeton, toneset, Ottesen

Italian

Etymology

From testa +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tesˈto.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: te‧stó‧ne

Noun

testone m (plural testoni)

1. augmentative of testa f

   Alternative form: testona

Descendants

• → French: teston
  • → English: tester, (obsolete) teston / testern
  • → Portuguese: tostão (“testone”)

Noun

testone m (plural testoni, feminine testona)

1. blockhead, dunderhead

Noun

testone f

1. plural of testona

Further reading

• “testone”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “testone” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “68914907d53226fa46084130” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “testóne” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “testóne”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
• “testone”, in Sinonimi e Contrari (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2003
• “testone”, in Enciclopedia Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026